WPC 1426 - Rights RESULTS
Jul 4, 2014 22:18:12 #
From VOTING http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-224180-1.html
The winners of Rights with 83 entries and (203) votes are...
1st place = Indy5 with 10.78 points and (23) votes (2nd) date taken 2014-02-08
2nd place = regionabove with 3.78 points and (7) votes (1st) date taken 2013:07:06
3rd place = j_c42 with 3.65 points and (6) votes (1st) date taken Unknown
4th place = taylorzacre with 3.14 points and (5) votes (1st) date taken 2009:11:26
Congratulations everyone - especially those who added a little more by telling us about their photos!!!
> http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/photo_contest.jsp?pcnum=124 <
- Click (ratings) to see all the entries at once
Running Totals - Underlined equals multiple time winners
1st = fad2000, u02bnpx, PW4GDF, edlcsre, mcdykes, lifenprism, zuke, Robeng, Shaughnessy, gwigley, Pixelpixie88, Shaughnessy, qhorse, louelke, melequus, ptipton, PhotosBySteve, gene McKinnon, aerials, Mr T, Paradox, freeseframe, charben, 111USMC, DavidT, Indy5
2nd = Fuzzycoach, GreyGeek, abby, Beaubeau, KWKathy, howlynn, DavidT, PeterM, gpro111, DavidT, mcdykes, lensbaby007, phys406, dragonswing, JimGuy, Raz Theo, photojack, rps, cat2560, kirk s, wowbmw, Captain Tom, SQUIRL033, DrPhrogg, Jstreet, regionabove
3rd = mcdykes, Moonsey, Ken Mahar, roger2012, plessner, mopinia, Gary K, Shaughnessy, Nikonian72, PW4GDF, bob44044, Tony R, jimmya, abby, wowbmw, Zulu inc, Songalolo, Scoutman, Captain Tom, cifuent, Indy5, Gryffon, firtree, Daleg, freeseframe, j_c42
4th = tjoyce0528, pithydoug, catfish252, plessner, kirk s, xen, DrPhrogg, Captain Tom, cat2560, bhatch, plessner, KWKathy, JoeS, ColdSnap, Wild Life, bob44044, Fuzzycoach, ColdSnap, Hoops12751, susano, Zelle, Nikonian72, Captain Tom, Mr T, alissaspieces, taylorzacre
The winners of Rights with 83 entries and (203) votes are...
1st place = Indy5 with 10.78 points and (23) votes (2nd) date taken 2014-02-08
2nd place = regionabove with 3.78 points and (7) votes (1st) date taken 2013:07:06
3rd place = j_c42 with 3.65 points and (6) votes (1st) date taken Unknown
4th place = taylorzacre with 3.14 points and (5) votes (1st) date taken 2009:11:26
Congratulations everyone - especially those who added a little more by telling us about their photos!!!
> http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/photo_contest.jsp?pcnum=124 <
- Click (ratings) to see all the entries at once
Running Totals - Underlined equals multiple time winners
1st = fad2000, u02bnpx, PW4GDF, edlcsre, mcdykes, lifenprism, zuke, Robeng, Shaughnessy, gwigley, Pixelpixie88, Shaughnessy, qhorse, louelke, melequus, ptipton, PhotosBySteve, gene McKinnon, aerials, Mr T, Paradox, freeseframe, charben, 111USMC, DavidT, Indy5
2nd = Fuzzycoach, GreyGeek, abby, Beaubeau, KWKathy, howlynn, DavidT, PeterM, gpro111, DavidT, mcdykes, lensbaby007, phys406, dragonswing, JimGuy, Raz Theo, photojack, rps, cat2560, kirk s, wowbmw, Captain Tom, SQUIRL033, DrPhrogg, Jstreet, regionabove
3rd = mcdykes, Moonsey, Ken Mahar, roger2012, plessner, mopinia, Gary K, Shaughnessy, Nikonian72, PW4GDF, bob44044, Tony R, jimmya, abby, wowbmw, Zulu inc, Songalolo, Scoutman, Captain Tom, cifuent, Indy5, Gryffon, firtree, Daleg, freeseframe, j_c42
4th = tjoyce0528, pithydoug, catfish252, plessner, kirk s, xen, DrPhrogg, Captain Tom, cat2560, bhatch, plessner, KWKathy, JoeS, ColdSnap, Wild Life, bob44044, Fuzzycoach, ColdSnap, Hoops12751, susano, Zelle, Nikonian72, Captain Tom, Mr T, alissaspieces, taylorzacre
Our rights of freedom...his ultimate sacrifice
Our Rights Bought by the Sacrifice of Others
The right to roam our State and National Parks and photograph their beauty
The dignity of the old and the protection of the innocent: The Right to Life
Jul 4, 2014 22:28:27 #
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Jul 5, 2014 14:41:27 #
An interview with regionabove,
1) How long have you been into photography and what got you started?
I was actively interested in photography from the mid 1960s until the early 1980s. After helping a friend in his darkroom, I became fascinated with the hobby. I renewed my interest in the hobby back in 2006 only to find that the photography world had become mostly digital.
2) Do you have any formal training and what kind of photography do you do most?
Other than a few on-line photography courses geared towards seeing and composition, Ive not had any traditional classroom type instruction. Mostly, I enjoy landscape and nature photography.
3) In your opinion, what makes a good picture stand out from the rest?
A good photograph draws the viewer into the subject and then holds his attention.
4) What equipment did you use and was there any special setup? Can you walk us through it?
I used a Canon EOS 6D and a 24-105mm F/4 zoom. To achieve the camera angle I wanted, I lay flat on the grass with my elbows on the ground and then held the camera at eye level.
5) Do you post process your final images, and if so can you describe your workflow?
I did a minimum of post-processing for this photo. I cropped to move the soldiers portrait and the small flag closer to the left bottom corner as well as to remove some empty space to the right of the gentlemen standing in the background. I also slightly increased the saturation of the green color of the grass. Thats all I did post capture.
6) Who or what has influenced your photography and what inspired you to take your winning shot?
I must credit Joe Barabans on-line courses as an influence on my photography. I was inspired by the soldiers portrait as it personalized the ultimate sacrifice of the brave individuals whose names were listed on the wall.
7) Would you change anything if you could do it again, and if so what?
If I could, I would get the composition right in the camera so I wouldnt need to crop. Also, I think waiting for the light later in the afternoon might have given the photo more drama.
8) What is the one thing you wish you knew when you started taking photos?
I wish I knew something of art when I first started photography. I was too enamored by the nuts and bolts of the hobby and I did not learn about the elements of good composition until much later.
9) What is your favorite photography accessory, other than your camera?
My tripod is my favorite accessory. It helps me think through my composition.
10) If you had to choose one lens which one would it be and why?
My goto lens is my 24-105mm F/4 zoom. Why? It just seems to fit with my interests.
11) What lighting equipment, if any, do you take on a shoot?
I rarely haul any sort of lighting equipment.
12) If you couldn't do photography what else would you do?
Id likely do pencil sketches of landscapes.
13) Do you have any funny or interesting stories about your experiences?
Last year, I was making photos of car light trails at dusk from a bridge over a highway. A police car stopped nearby with its lights flashing. The officer then walked over to me and said that he was responding to a call about suspicious activity on the bridge. I explained what I was doing. Apparently satisfied, he wished me a good night.
14) Is there somewhere we can see more of your work?
Some of my work is on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95729939@N08
15) Do you have any advice for the rest of us?
My advice would be to study art composition and the practice, practice and practice your photography!
1) How long have you been into photography and what got you started?
I was actively interested in photography from the mid 1960s until the early 1980s. After helping a friend in his darkroom, I became fascinated with the hobby. I renewed my interest in the hobby back in 2006 only to find that the photography world had become mostly digital.
2) Do you have any formal training and what kind of photography do you do most?
Other than a few on-line photography courses geared towards seeing and composition, Ive not had any traditional classroom type instruction. Mostly, I enjoy landscape and nature photography.
3) In your opinion, what makes a good picture stand out from the rest?
A good photograph draws the viewer into the subject and then holds his attention.
4) What equipment did you use and was there any special setup? Can you walk us through it?
I used a Canon EOS 6D and a 24-105mm F/4 zoom. To achieve the camera angle I wanted, I lay flat on the grass with my elbows on the ground and then held the camera at eye level.
5) Do you post process your final images, and if so can you describe your workflow?
I did a minimum of post-processing for this photo. I cropped to move the soldiers portrait and the small flag closer to the left bottom corner as well as to remove some empty space to the right of the gentlemen standing in the background. I also slightly increased the saturation of the green color of the grass. Thats all I did post capture.
6) Who or what has influenced your photography and what inspired you to take your winning shot?
I must credit Joe Barabans on-line courses as an influence on my photography. I was inspired by the soldiers portrait as it personalized the ultimate sacrifice of the brave individuals whose names were listed on the wall.
7) Would you change anything if you could do it again, and if so what?
If I could, I would get the composition right in the camera so I wouldnt need to crop. Also, I think waiting for the light later in the afternoon might have given the photo more drama.
8) What is the one thing you wish you knew when you started taking photos?
I wish I knew something of art when I first started photography. I was too enamored by the nuts and bolts of the hobby and I did not learn about the elements of good composition until much later.
9) What is your favorite photography accessory, other than your camera?
My tripod is my favorite accessory. It helps me think through my composition.
10) If you had to choose one lens which one would it be and why?
My goto lens is my 24-105mm F/4 zoom. Why? It just seems to fit with my interests.
11) What lighting equipment, if any, do you take on a shoot?
I rarely haul any sort of lighting equipment.
12) If you couldn't do photography what else would you do?
Id likely do pencil sketches of landscapes.
13) Do you have any funny or interesting stories about your experiences?
Last year, I was making photos of car light trails at dusk from a bridge over a highway. A police car stopped nearby with its lights flashing. The officer then walked over to me and said that he was responding to a call about suspicious activity on the bridge. I explained what I was doing. Apparently satisfied, he wished me a good night.
14) Is there somewhere we can see more of your work?
Some of my work is on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95729939@N08
15) Do you have any advice for the rest of us?
My advice would be to study art composition and the practice, practice and practice your photography!
Jul 5, 2014 14:43:02 #
An interview with taylorzacre,
1) How long have you been into photography and what got you started?
I started when I was in college back in 1971. I was a Journalism major and photography was offered as an elective. I learned on medium format Yashika D twin lens reflex. We shot only Plus-X and Tri-X film, and I spent hours in a darkroom dodging and burning my way through the course.
2) Do you have any formal training and what kind of photography do you do most?
My Photography professor said that you should learn to drive a standard transmission before you learn to drive an automatic, and the same thing applies to a camera. I like to take a variety of photos from nature/macro, theatrical production stills, the grandkids; I take the camera everywhere.
3) In your opinion, what makes a good picture stand out from the rest?
It depends on the what you are photographing, and why. I don't necessarily think that all pictures need to tell a story, but all pictures should express emotion in one way or another.
4) What equipment did you use and was there any special setup? Can you walk us through it?
The photo submitted was shot available light with the light coming in at a 45 degree angle from a window. It is a picture of my mother holding her first great-grand daughter for the first time. I was using a Nikon D60 with the 18-55mm kit lens, shot f/4.2 at 1/30 sec. iso was on auto @1100.
5) Do you post process your final images, and if so can you describe your workflow?
I shoot RAW most of the time, so there is always some post processing. I usually do any cropping/straightening first, then sharpen, and if necessary, adjust, exposure, brightness,etc. I felt this picture had more impact as a B and W.
6) Who or what has influenced your photography and what inspired you to take your winning shot?
The main influence on my photography has been the introduction of the digital format. I enjoyed my time in my home darkroom, but it was very time consuming and as I progressed into Cibachrome and E6 processing of film, it became expensive to the point that I stopped taken anything but snapshots. With this shot, and I took many more of Granny and Madeline that day, I wanted to capture their first meeting in a way that years from now will give Madeline something to remember her by.
7) Would you change anything if you could do it again, and if so what?
I have a D600 now along with a variety of lens options that I didn't have back then. As with most pictures, you don't ever get a second chance, so while my camera and lens are much better now, in the moment I wouldn't change a thing.
8) What is the one thing you wish you knew when you started taking photos?
I wish I had bought Nikon so that I would still be able to use all my old lenses.
9) What is your favorite photography accessory, other than your camera?
I could talk about, all the things available to the photographer today, from lens to speed lights, to any of the post processing programs, but I think my favorite accessory is a good fitting, well padded strap.
10) If you had to choose one lens which one would it be and why?
My walk around lens is a Tamron 28-300mm and I am looking forward to seeing examples of the Tamron 150-600mm for Nikon. I also have a Nikkor 90mm f/2.8 macro and the Nikkor 24-85mm. I guess if I had to choose one lens that I really covet, it would be the Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 for shooting available light to better capture production stills during a performance.
11) What lighting equipment, if any, do you take on a shoot?
I always take my Nikon SB-800 speedlight.
12) If you couldn't do photography what else would you do? Fish
13) Do you have any funny or interesting stories about your experiences?
Not funny, but something that sometimes happened during the film days. My first SLR was a Pentax K1000. While shooting pictures during the birth of our son, the sprocket holes in the film I was using tore on the leader strip. So while I thought I was taking pictures, the film wasn't advancing in the camera. When I reached frame 38 on a roll of 36 exposures I knew something was wrong. The only pictures we have from our sons birth was two Polaroids taken by the nurse. This wouldn't happen these days.
14) Is there somewhere we can see more of your work?
I have posted some of my "bug and butterfly" pictures on Flickr under taylorsacre.
15) Do you have any advice for the rest of us?
It doesn't matter what equipment you have, it doesn't matter what you like to shoot, the only one you need to impress is yourself, so go out and take pictures...and have FUN.
1) How long have you been into photography and what got you started?
I started when I was in college back in 1971. I was a Journalism major and photography was offered as an elective. I learned on medium format Yashika D twin lens reflex. We shot only Plus-X and Tri-X film, and I spent hours in a darkroom dodging and burning my way through the course.
2) Do you have any formal training and what kind of photography do you do most?
My Photography professor said that you should learn to drive a standard transmission before you learn to drive an automatic, and the same thing applies to a camera. I like to take a variety of photos from nature/macro, theatrical production stills, the grandkids; I take the camera everywhere.
3) In your opinion, what makes a good picture stand out from the rest?
It depends on the what you are photographing, and why. I don't necessarily think that all pictures need to tell a story, but all pictures should express emotion in one way or another.
4) What equipment did you use and was there any special setup? Can you walk us through it?
The photo submitted was shot available light with the light coming in at a 45 degree angle from a window. It is a picture of my mother holding her first great-grand daughter for the first time. I was using a Nikon D60 with the 18-55mm kit lens, shot f/4.2 at 1/30 sec. iso was on auto @1100.
5) Do you post process your final images, and if so can you describe your workflow?
I shoot RAW most of the time, so there is always some post processing. I usually do any cropping/straightening first, then sharpen, and if necessary, adjust, exposure, brightness,etc. I felt this picture had more impact as a B and W.
6) Who or what has influenced your photography and what inspired you to take your winning shot?
The main influence on my photography has been the introduction of the digital format. I enjoyed my time in my home darkroom, but it was very time consuming and as I progressed into Cibachrome and E6 processing of film, it became expensive to the point that I stopped taken anything but snapshots. With this shot, and I took many more of Granny and Madeline that day, I wanted to capture their first meeting in a way that years from now will give Madeline something to remember her by.
7) Would you change anything if you could do it again, and if so what?
I have a D600 now along with a variety of lens options that I didn't have back then. As with most pictures, you don't ever get a second chance, so while my camera and lens are much better now, in the moment I wouldn't change a thing.
8) What is the one thing you wish you knew when you started taking photos?
I wish I had bought Nikon so that I would still be able to use all my old lenses.
9) What is your favorite photography accessory, other than your camera?
I could talk about, all the things available to the photographer today, from lens to speed lights, to any of the post processing programs, but I think my favorite accessory is a good fitting, well padded strap.
10) If you had to choose one lens which one would it be and why?
My walk around lens is a Tamron 28-300mm and I am looking forward to seeing examples of the Tamron 150-600mm for Nikon. I also have a Nikkor 90mm f/2.8 macro and the Nikkor 24-85mm. I guess if I had to choose one lens that I really covet, it would be the Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 for shooting available light to better capture production stills during a performance.
11) What lighting equipment, if any, do you take on a shoot?
I always take my Nikon SB-800 speedlight.
12) If you couldn't do photography what else would you do? Fish
13) Do you have any funny or interesting stories about your experiences?
Not funny, but something that sometimes happened during the film days. My first SLR was a Pentax K1000. While shooting pictures during the birth of our son, the sprocket holes in the film I was using tore on the leader strip. So while I thought I was taking pictures, the film wasn't advancing in the camera. When I reached frame 38 on a roll of 36 exposures I knew something was wrong. The only pictures we have from our sons birth was two Polaroids taken by the nurse. This wouldn't happen these days.
14) Is there somewhere we can see more of your work?
I have posted some of my "bug and butterfly" pictures on Flickr under taylorsacre.
15) Do you have any advice for the rest of us?
It doesn't matter what equipment you have, it doesn't matter what you like to shoot, the only one you need to impress is yourself, so go out and take pictures...and have FUN.
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